Corset.



P. o. GNNEvER.

CORSET.

APPLIOATDN FILED 001225, 1904.

FEARGUS O. GINNEVER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Speccetion. of Letters Patent.

Fatented Merch 2, 1909.'

Applicatibu ileii Oct-ober 535, 1904. Serial No.52299e.

Tofall whom it. may conce-m:

Beit known that l", lnencf'ns O. Ginnnvnr., a, citizen of the,v UnitedStates, residing nt Los An eles, in the county of Los Angeles, State ofeliforna,"hare invented certain new and useful improvements in Corsets,of which the following is a specification. y

The main object of this invention is' to provide a cen'setA which willyield or adapt itseli': to the o'ure Without undue pressure on any partendj Without interfering with the move- .ment of the parts.

A further object oi 'the inventioi'r is to proo vide a corset ofmateriali' that willbe siniiciently open to give a cool ventiiatedgarment.

' A further ob'ect of the invention is to nrou vide a corset tnet isparticularlyadapted to celisthenic exercises, permitting irse Inovementof the body.

The accompenying drawings illustrate the invention. A

Figure 1 is s generai view showing the corset in position on the figure.Fig. Z is an :inside or rear view ci one side of the corset. F' .3 is airont or outside View of `the other sie of the corset. 4 is n detsil'View showing the Weave olthe elastic labric.

The corset comprises two nienibers i. of identical construction andreversely or symmetrically shaped in such manner that when lacedtocfethcr 'they will forni a coinpletecorset. tlach oi said 'memberscomprises end. stays 2, 8, res ectively at the front and rear endsthereof, strips 3 being rovided with eyes i for the recoition of ticingin the usual manner, and the iront strips being provided. with siropsfor atteching means, 5, c. Connecting `these end strips is a Web orsheet 7 ol elastic iabric which narrows toward the niiddie between thaVid stays 2, 3, and is so Woven as to admit or endwise ,distention oriolding oi the corset member,

as Well as ben( ing or protrusion oi any portion thereof. The Weave ofthis elastic fabric may be as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, tion or backing 8ci the ifabric being formed ,oi elastic threadf-that is to seyn-threadhaving` a core of rubber, the general direction of these threads beinglongitudinaily iir-orn the front to the back ci the coiu but tho threadsdiverging at nach ond to `respond to the divergence or widening o Tosecure this divergence the thi' or turned on itself at inter-vais orWeaving [result that the corset will the ioundsu so es to give. shortweave elements extending only partially from the end toward the centerof rthe fabric and intruding between thclcornplete longitudinal threadeleinents't-o give the necessary divergence thereof, This backing iswoven into or on to a `fabric consisting of knitted or diagonal or biasthreads or weaving indiceted at l() in Fig. 3, this diagonal knitting orWeaving being the portion that appears at the front or outside of thecorset. This diagonal knitting allows free stretching of the elasticfoundation of the fabric with the give in such inanner as to conform tothe shape of the figure in an easy manner, and without undue pressure.The knitted or woven fabric being open in texture gives a cool,ventilated garment. Additional stays 12 may be secured to the fabricbetween and parallel to the -end stays 2, 8, these intermediate staysbeing preferably more flexible than the end stays so as to yield. morereadily in the bending or curvature of theI corsetto the body.

The lower and upper selvirges or edges of the elastic fabric are moreclosely woven than the intermediate portion 15, so that the bitchingshown in Fig. 2 is composed of fabric having elastic-threads lorextending around the body and arranged in three bands 13, 14, 15, thelatter of which is more open and con-A sequently more elastic than thcformer. By this construction an casier-lining garment and one thatcrinits i'roc movement for calisthcnics and the like, provided. Byreason oi thc corset being narrowed bctwe'cn the cndstays 2 und 3, thelower edge thereof does not bind at the sides ci the body adjacent thehips, as will be more `fully under stood from dir. 1, which illustratesthe sniooth iit of tire corset to the body of the wearer.

What l claim is:

l. A corset comprising `ond stays and eiastic 'fabric connecting thesaine, consistino' o? a foundation of longitudinally disposed elasticthreads woven together with diaoomrll threads, saidlongitudinally-disposed Tastic threads being arrnnged to extend aroundthe body of the corset.

2, A corset comprising end stays and elastic fabric connecting saine,said fabric being diagonally Woven and having a fonndr. tion oi elasticthreads disposed. longitur'linailv of the fabric to extend around thebody ofbody portion formed on one, side o f diagoil Bally-Woven backingConnecting sald stays, il

the corset', and having return loop portions [n testimony whereof, Ihave hereunto set extondm' from the ends thereof towards tlm f my hundat Los Angeles, Cah'ornla thls 14th 10 g day of October 190 FERGUS GINNEVER.

[n presence o1 A. P. KNIGHT, JULIA TOWNSEND.

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3. A Corset provlded wlth end stays, a

and on the other side of elastic threads 0xtending around the body ofthe corset.

